Wire reel



M y 1940-- w. B. POPPENGA WIRE REEL Filed li eb. 25, 1939 m m M m & N M P I 5 mm mm m g w a W kw N I I w A f-Tomlin Patented May 28,1946 Y YPAI? iefp. WIRE REEL B. Poppenga, Lennox, S. Dak. I

' Application February 23, 1939, Serial No. 257,790

liClaim. (01. 242-95) This invention relates to wire reels. It is particularly directed to a wire reel aflixed to a wheel of a vehicle, and so arranged that whenthe vehicle axis is jacked up and the wheel rotated, wire or rope maybe wound on the reel. I

An object of this invention is to provide a handy and cheap wire reel to be used for winding or unwinding,'or reeling or unreeling all kinds of wire or rope on the farmor elsewhere.

'A further object of this invention is to ,pro-

vide a simple and easily constructed reel of the character described, which shall be. easy to operate, and yet practical and efficient to a'high degree in use.

Other objects of this invention will in partbe obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and of which the-scope of application will be indicated in the following claim.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown various possible illustrative, embodiments of this invention, I

Fig. 1 is an elevational, cross-sectional view of a Vehicle wheel and axle provided with adrum and forming a reel embodying the invention, the axle being shown in jacked up position;

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the wheel;

and

Fig. 3 is a radial, cross-sectional View of the wheel and one of the drum supporting bars, illustrating a modified construction. V

Referring now in detail to the drawing, I0

designates a winding reel embodying theinvene tion, here shown in the form of a vehicle axle ll, supporting a wheel I2,,to which is attached a winding drum [3.

The wheel and axle may be of usual construction, and may comprise a rear wheel and axle of an automobile, truck, tractor, or the like vehicle. As shown in the drawing, the wheel I2 comprises a tire l4 and a rim support I5, the latter being fixed to the hub H by spokes l8.

Means is provided to support'the drum l3 axially of thewheel l2. To this end, there is provided a bracket 20 comprising a central circular plate 2|, formed with a central opening '22 through which the stud 24 of the vehicle axle passes. n 7 Fixed to thecircular'plate 2|, are four radial bars 26, disposed at right angles to one another.

I The bars 26 may be attached to the plate'2l by rivets 21. Each bar 26 is formed with a longitudinal slot 30,

' vided with a hook portion 31 to for the purpose hereinafter appearing. v

The outer end 32 of each bar 26 is curved inwardly to grip the outer edge of the vehicle rim [5. Each bar 26 is furthermore formed with an opening adjacent its outer end, and'extending through each opening is a hook bolt 3'6, pro- 7 grip the inner edge of the vehicle rim I5.

Attached to each bar 26 is an angle bracket 39, having awall 40 contacting the outer side of the bar, and a wall 42 extending at right angles to. said bar. The wall 40 is formed with v a through opening 44 to receive a' bolt 45 passing through the slot 30, whereby to fixthe angle shaped bracket to the bar.

The drum I3 maybe an ordinary oil drum or of any suitable construction. The drum I3 is v disposed axially withrespect to the wheel l2,

t and the inner'edge thereof contacts the inner surfaces of walls 42 of the angle shaped brack- Said walls 42 are riveted, as at 50, to

ets- 39. the oil drum; The oil drum may be removed from the wheel by withdrawing the bolts 45. 25 ions diameters. The oil drum l3 may bezformed The slots 30 permit'the use of oil drums of varwith a through opening 52 to receive one end of the wire to be wound on the drum.

It will now-be understood that when the rear axle ii is jacked by a jack 55, and the vehiclev started, the-wheel l2 will rotate to rotate the drum; In this manner, a wire may be either wound on the drum or unwound therefrom.

Thus, a farmer/can use his own truck or tractor and an old discarded oil drum to cheaply and easily make a winding reel, which may be fence-wireor other wire at one winding.

spokes l8 of the vehicle wheel [2, instead of the rim [5 thereof. i n

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which the several objects of this inventionareachieved, and which is well adapted I to meet the conditions of practical use.

various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiments above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawing'is to be interpreted as illus- .trative and not in a limiting sense.

40 I In Fig. 3 there is shown a modified construction, in which the hook bolts 36 grip, the wire Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

In combination with an axle and a wheelfixed thereto, said wheel comprising a vehicle tire;

and an annular rim supporting said tire, and spokes interconnecting said rim with the hub of said wheel, a member comprising a plate having an opening receiving the stud of said axle, a plurality of radially extending bars fixed at their inner ends to said plate, the outer ends of said bars being curved and engaging an edge of the rim of said wheel, said bars being formed with openings adjacent their outer ends, bolts extending through said openings in said bars and having hook portions engaging the other edge of said rim, each of said bars being formed with a longitudinal slot, an angle shaped bracket for each bar, having a wall contacting said bar, and a wall extending longitudinally of the wheel axle, at right angles to said bar, a bolt extending through the first wall of each of said brackets and through the slot in the bar contacted by said wall, and fixing said bracket to said bar, and a drum disposed axially of said wheel, an edge of said drum being received between the longitudinally extending walls of said brackets and being riveted thereto.

' WILLIAM B. POPPENGA. 

